I couldn't Be Your Forever



You asked if I was your forever,
I couldn’t promise you something,
I could never deliver.

You and I have changed,
I have gotten sick, frail, and regretful,
My body, mind, and heart are not the same,
I have overcome, failed, and grown.

I can never be your forever,
But I have stood by you,
Through the tears, joy, and the mundane,
Hapless and senile we sat together,
My heart might have failed me.

I adored you,
Forever.

About this poem

A love poem. She admitted that she could not be my forever, but she would love me all the same.

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Written on February 20, 2022

Submitted by Dgrigorian on February 21, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXA XXXX ABXAX BA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 424
Words 94
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 4, 5, 2

David Grigorian

David was born Deaf in Armenia. He lived in Ukraine, Japan, and USA. He not only a writer but an artist. His paintings and poems have been published online and newsletters. more…

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